וַ/יַּפְקִדֵ֨/הוּ֙

𐤅/𐤉𐤐𐤒𐤃/𐤄𐤅

vayafeqidehu

and appointed him

a primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.; appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, [idiom] surely, visit, want.

H6485

Genesis 39:4 · Word #7

Lexicon H6485

Lemmaפָּקַד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤐𐤒𐤃
Transliterationpâqad
Strong'sH6485
In-contextand appointed him

Morphology HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H6485-73

and he appointed him

Morphological NotesHiphil wayyiqtol (vav-consecutive imperfect) 3ms of פקד with 3ms pronominal suffix ("him"). The Hiphil stem conveys causative action; the form advances narrative sequence.
Rendering RationaleThe verb is Hiphil wayyiqtol 3rd masculine singular with a 3rd masculine singular suffix, indicating "and he caused to appoint/oversee him." In the Hiphil stem פקד commonly carries the causative sense of setting someone over a charge or entrusting responsibility, so "and he appointed him" preserves both the causative force and the masculine singular object "him."

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Words from Root פקד (to attend to, visit, oversee, appoint, muster, take account of)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H6485-01 afeqid I will appoint
H6487-01 befiqadon in an entrusted-deposit
H6490-01 befiqudeykha in your appointed charges

Word Usage (304 occurrences of H6485)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 21:1 פָּקַ֥ד paqad visited
Genesis 39:4 וַ/יַּפְקִדֵ֨/הוּ֙ vayafeqidehu and appointed him
Genesis 39:5 הִפְקִ֨יד hifeqid he appointed